From: "fireclown fabulosa" <fyrclwn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: steve.thomson@xxxxxx, zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Robert w/dove pictures that rock
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:24:31 -0500
Townshend was supposedly researching a book and was subsequently cleared
of all charges. I'm
not defending him per se; I just think it's wrong to brand him as
something he
wasn't.
for the record, he wasn't cleared of all charges---the police chose to warn
him rather than criminally charge him, since he no longer had any child
porn in his personal possession. he is also now listed on the UK's Sex
Offenders Register for the rest of his life, and must inform the police of
any changes in address and plans to leave the country. so far as whether
he was/wasn't a child pornographer......well, he paid someone to send him
pictures of children being sexually abused, molested, and exploited. thus,
he not only enabled those taking the pictures to continue their abuse, but
increased the demand for such activities to continue. when you get down to
the bare bones of it, he basically paid someone to sexually abuse children
for his own purposes. a person who was truly concerned about the welfare
of children being victimized thusly would be actively engaged in shutting
down such websites, NOT buying from them, which only allows them to
continue their child sexual abuse. that's why i consider him to be just as
guilty as the people who actually took the photos he bought.
regarding Plant's lyrics, yeah, some of them are quite shallow and
occasionally even inane. some happen to be very interesting, and based
upon some truly excellent poetry. most rock lyrics generally fall short of
brilliant, regardless of who wrote them......and they ALL sound MUCH better
with the accompanying music than they do simply read alone, IMO.